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A Design Study in Steel Castings - Steel Plates in BOP Valve                                        

 Cores

Cores are preformed sand aggregates placed in the mold to shape the interior or a part of a casting that cannot be shaped by the pattern.

  • In the insert plate, there is no feature that has to be formed by a core.
  • But a core was used in the mold, so that two plates can be formed in a single casting pour.
  • The drawing to the right shows how a core was used to separate and form two plates in a single mold.
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